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Saturday, October 15, 2011

OSHKOSH, WI - Competing in a power-packed invitational, the Calvin men’s and women’s cross country teams posted a pair of top-four finishes at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Brooks Invitational Saturday morning. Wisconsin-Oshkosh will also serve as the host of the NCAA III Cross Country Championships on November 19.

On the men’s side, top-ranked North Central (IL) took first place with 49 points while fifth-ranked Washington University took second (137 points), 29th-ranked Wheaton took third (154 points) and third-ranked Calvin took fourth (156 points). Host Wisconsin-Oshkosh, ranked fifth, took fifth with 158 points.

On the women’s side, seventh-ranked Calvin took third with 188 points while third-ranked Washington University (Mo.) took first (61 points) and fifth-ranked MIT second (123 points). St. Olaf, ranked 13th, took fourth with 190 points while Ohio Northern was fifth (222 points).

Junior Matt VanderRoest (Ann Arbor/Ann Arbor Huron HS) led the Calvin men by placing third place individually with a time of 25:04, finishing only behind Michael Burstein of of Washington University and Tim Nelson of UW-Stout.

In the women’s race, senior Jodi Hoekstra (Homer Glen, IL) was third individually to lead the Knights as she recorded a time of 21:56, only finishing behind Christy Cazzola of UW-Oshkosh who was second (21:43) and Erica Jackey of Washington University who was first (21:38).